Tools of the Artilleryman

Artillery Company of the Town of Newport
P.O. Box 14
Newport, RI 02840

(401) 846-8488

The Artillery Company of Newport, chartered in 1741 by King George II
of Great Britain, is today a ceremonial unit of the Rhode Island Militia,
Council of Historic Military Commands. As such, the Company provides cannon
salutes, color guards, and honor guards for official state and local ceremonies,
as well as for privately sponsored patriotic and veterans' events.

Throughout its proud history of over 271 years, the Artillery Company
has served with distinction in both war and peace, including service in
the French Indian Wars, the War of the Revolution, at the Battle of Lake
Erie in the War of 1812, at the First Battle of Bull Run during the Civil
War, and the Spanish-American War. Individual Members of the Company have
served in each of this country's 20th and 21st Century military engagements.

In addition to its present day ceremonial activities, the Company operates
a military museum in its Armory, located at 23 Clarke Street Newport,RI. The Museum
houses one of the country's most extensive collections of military uniforms
and memorabilia, including uniforms worn by His Royal Highness Prince Phillip,
Lord Louis Mountbatten, and Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery of Alamein,
all of Great Britain, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, Fleet Admiral Chester
Nimitz, Generals of the Army Dwight Eisenhower and Mark Clark, Generals
William Westmoreland, Creighton Abrams, Alexander Haig, and Secretary of State Colin Powell,
as well as other American Commanders. The Museum collection also includes
four bronze cannon cast by Paul Revere in 1798 for the State of Rhode Island,
three Civil War artillery pieces, a letter written to the men of the Artillery
Company in 1794 by George Washington, and a Gilbert Stuart portrait of
Washington, as well as numerous artifacts of particular significance to
the history of the State of Rhode Island and the Artillery Company of Newport.

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Click Here to see a photo of the Artillery Company of Newport firing a cannon for the 1812 Overture in Windsor, CT